Meanings
proper noun
- A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
Synonyms: Kalimantan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.
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Origin
- Sanskritवरुणद्वीप“island of Varuna”
- PortugueseBorneo
- EnglishBorneo
From Portuguese Borneo, probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुणद्वीप (varuṇa-dvīpa, “island of Varuna”), therefore a doublet of Brunei.
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Afrikaans Borneo
- Borneoisland
Arabic بُورْنِيُو
- بُورْنِيُو (būrniyū)island
Bengali বোর্নিও
- বোর্নিও (bōrniō)island
Bulgarian Борнео
- Борнеоisland
Catalan Borneo
- Borneoisland
Chinese Cantonese 婆羅洲 /婆罗洲
- 婆羅洲 /婆罗洲 (po⁴ lo⁴ zau¹)island
Chinese Mandarin 婆羅洲 /婆罗洲
- 婆羅洲 /婆罗洲 (Póluózhōu)island
Czech Borneo
- Borneoisland
Danish Borneo
- Borneoisland
Dutch Borneo
- Borneoisland
Finnish Borneo
- Borneoisland
French Bornéo
- Bornéoisland
German Borneo
- Borneoisland
Greek Βόρνεο
- Βόρνεο (Vórneo)island
Hebrew בורנאו
- בורנאוisland
Hindi वरुण, वरुण द्वीप
- वरुण (varuṇ)island
- वरुण द्वीप (varuṇ dvīp)island
- कर्पूर द्वीप (karpūr dvīp)island
- बोरनेओ (borneo)island
- बोर्नियो (borniyo)island
- बोर्न्यो (bornyo)island
Hungarian Borneó
- Borneóisland
Icelandic Borneó
- Borneóisland
Indonesian Kalimantan
- Kalimantanisland
Irish Boirneo
- Boirneoisland
Italian Borneo
- Borneoisland
Japanese ボルネオ
- ボルネオ (Boruneo)island
Korean 보르네오
- 보르네오 (Boreune'o)island
Latin Borneum
- Borneumisland
Latvian Borneo, Kalimantāna
- Borneoisland
- Kalimantānaisland
Lithuanian Borneo
- Borneoisland
Malay Borneo
- Borneoisland
Maori Pōnio
- Pōnioisland
Norwegian Bokmål Borneo
- Borneoisland
Persian بورنئو
- بورنئوisland
Polish Borneo
- Borneoisland
Portuguese Bornéu
- Bornéuisland
Punjabi ਬੋਰਨਿਓ
- ਬੋਰਨਿਓ (bornio)island
Romanian Borneo
- Borneoisland
Russian Борне́о, Калиманта́н
- Борне́о (Bornéo)island
- Калиманта́н (Kalimantán)island
Slovak Borneo
- Borneoisland
Swedish Borneo
- Borneoisland
Tagalog Borneo
- Borneoisland
Tamil போர்னியோ
- போர்னியோ (pōrṉiyō)island
Thai บอร์เนียว
- บอร์เนียว (bɔɔ-niao)island
Turkish Borneo
- Borneoisland
Urdu بورنیو
- بورنیو (bornyo)island
Vietnamese Borneo, Bà La Châu
- Borneoisland
- Bà La Châuisland
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Cite this entry
APA
Borneo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borneo
MLA
“Borneo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borneo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Borneo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Borneo.
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